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New
Zealand Accommodation
Choices

"Everything
from a camper's paradise to luxury lodges"

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No matter where you decide to lay
your head at the end of another long hard day enjoying yourself in New
Zealand, you can take your pick from a range of accommodation options.

Everything from $7 a night
campgrounds to posh gaffs like the $5000 a night
mansion that Rolling Stone Keith Richards stayed in while
recovering from a
head injury received when monkeying around up Pacific island palm trees.

Let's
start at the bottom and work our way up to the lap of
luxury.

The NZ
countryside is a camper's paradise. There are lots of
places you can simply pitch camp and just enjoy the
incredible wild loneliness of the back blocks. Freedom camping is,
however, now restricted in many area because of the disgusting
behaviour of some overseas pigs. You can't shit near the water
that other people drink and have them feel happy about it.

Campgrounds
are widely spread, available in every town and hamlet.
The range of facilities varies from just the basics to
all the bells and whistles - kitchens, flush loos, hot
showers, electric power sites. Luxury!!

Cabins and tourist flats.

But
campgrounds have more than just green-grassed sites ready
for the tap of the peg mallet. Many have a range of hard-top
accommodation - from simple cabins to full-scale motel
apartments. I'm a particular fan - and customer - of the
cabins and their slightly more upmarket relative, the
tourist flat.

Overseas
they're called bed n' breakfasts. The idea's the same -
though here a bed n' breakfast hotel is slightly
different . . . see the next section. It's a great way to
get to meet the native Kiwi in its nest. While they are
paid for the service, in most cases your hosts are more
motivated by the experience of meeting different people
from different parts of the world. Great friendships have
blossomed in this way.

A bed and
breakfast hotel is like an overgrown homestay. They are
usually large family residences that have been converted
into multi-roomed mini-hotels. Some of them are
absolutely exquisite (with prices to match) but most are
simpler and represent very good value for
uncomplicated accom. You'll get some options from the NZ
Federation of Bed and Breakfast Hotels website. For the more
upmarket option go to the Heritage
and Character Inns of NZ website.

The motel
is New Zealand's contribution to world tourist
technology. It's such a simple, such a practical solution
to a traveller's needs. They are self-contained
apartments with their own kitchen, bathroom/toilet and
sleeping area. In the simplest form - usually called a
studio - there is little more than a bedroom, rudimentary
kitchen and a separate bathroom/toilet. This option
differs little from a typical hotel room.

But the
next step up the size continuum would have a separate,
fully-functional kitchen. Then add separate bedrooms and
separate living areas and you finally arrive at the fully
operational apartment layout. In its latest manifestation
they are luxurious vacation apartments with everything
you need for a very cruisey holiday.

And it's all written by
a local - not a visiting "editor" - who has been travelling and
writing about the country for 30 years. I can give you hints and
tips that only a local could possibly know - ideas that will save
you time, money and tears.

This
is important: No one has paid for
inclusion in this guide. There are no ads and I rarely, if
ever, accept free rides, accommodation etc. That way I am totally
free to recommend whatever or whoever I choose.